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LADY'S ACTION FOR LIBEL. t JUDGE AND A NEWSPAPER REPORT. The action for libel—Toe v. Edward Lloyd J .Limited)—which resulted in a verdict for the defendants, was of a remarkable nature, asi It recapitulation of the following particulars will indicate. The alleged libel was con- tained in a report published in Lloyd's News" of an incident which occurred at Gravesend in 1907, when a man named Motley suddenly returned to the town after he had been thought to have been dead for some time, and after the lady who had passed as his wife, and who had always been regarded as his wife by the people of the district, had married a Mr. Toe. It transpired that, in fact, the plaintiff had never gone through a form ol marriage with Mr. Motley, though she had lived with him at various addresses, and had passed before the world as his wife. The defendants in their account of the incident of the re-appearance of Mr. Motley and tbon of his disappearance referred to the lady throughout as Mrs. Motley, and did not publish the fact that she had not .n reality been Motley's wife. The plaintiff alleged that this constituted a charge of bigamy against her, and, further, that it insinuated that she had made a false entry in the marriage register when she became married to Hr. Toe. The defendants denied that their account imputed bigamy to the plaintiff, and further said that no such j nference as to the false entry in the mar- riage register could b& deduoed from it. and that the report did not constitute a libel. The news was received in the ordinary way, and was published in good faith. PLAINTIFF'S EARLY LIFE. Mr. Justice Lawrence, in summing up the I case to the jury, said that in the report published by the defendants nothing at all was said about the plaintiff's early life. There was no reference of any kind to any of those unfortunate things that tho evi- dence given in that court had brought to light. Nobody could have suggested for a I single moment, or could have dreamt, that there had been anything in Mrs. Toe's early life-theTe was nothing to show that shewaa the mother of a child, that she had lived in Gravesend for six or seven years undeT the name of Mrs. Motley-and according to her own evidence nobody in Gravesend knew that she was not AtTs. Motley. The story that had been told in be par was absolutely true—that she bad li v Motley, and- that everybody m Gravesend thought that she was Mrs- Motley. when isbo In "orfar that she could ,vf kind—as she could suooeea 11 the defendants had been guilty of publishing a libel upon her—it would oe necessary ha che should do that which she bad had to do that day. She would have to come forward and say. "For years I have deceived every- body." Who was there to blame for what happened but herself? There was no question of the crime of "0: gamy in the case at all. If a person had 'C'. ea honest belief or had any reasonable ipand -for belief that her husband was dead, olio oould marry again. This woman had deceived her friends and everybody by pre- tending that she was MTS. Motley when ehe wv,s not. Chiokens would come home to roost. If we oommitt-ed sins we had to pay for them. the only way the plaintiff could get any- thing ont of it was by bringing an action against the paper, and in doing that she had tj explain to the whole what the world was ignorant of before—namely, that she had been living with this man for all these years when she was not his wife at all. That was how the matteT stood, and the jury would have to say whether that was a libel. JUDGE ON LAWYERS' LETTERS. Something had been said about the corre- spondence in this case. He did not know what opinion the jury had about lawyers' letters. Perhaps some of them had had one of them in their time, and had had the other thing that came afterwards-the bill. One would have thought that this was a caee, if ever there was one, in which a woman's shame might have been kept from the public. There was not a word in this report which was not, bo far as anyone in Gravesend knew, perfeotly time at the time, it wae written—not a word. The plaintiff herself had admitted in the box that when she was living with this man Motley no one knew in Gravesend that she was not Mrs. Motley. •that t>?ie Klcatrr,e-d Jud?e) would have thought t that Woukl occurred her afine for her and had prevent ail +Ti«> heart ,would have been to and would'have arran^8 f>ePomin8' kn°wn, to put something in ff W the other sidc have smoothed the paper would not a hint of this in ovcr- There was defendants by the plainH^Ufre seut to There were hundreds of law7«'S- ship's experience of elanderTSd NtJ?" might have been settled bv 5 ^hloh selves, and never have come • Pities them- of their solicitors. He had exu^i^T^^ en me thing in the letters from solicitors, and ho had frrr P al n3 had found it. "If you do" so-and-L^ J? pay me my costs, the matter win comet ari end." to "Exactly," said his lordship; "w body make something out of it." The an end." come to "Exactly," said his lordship; "w body make something out of it." The tiff's advisees had put forward a euggewtWi" ■with reference to apologies in all the London dailies and other papers. That was n0t a soothing one, nor was it likely to be accepted by the defendants. It was not intended to be was intended that, this claim having been lIlade, the matter should go on, that the Tinman should be dragged unnecessarily into the witness-box, and that the whole of this J 0f j;er ]jfo should be brought out in JL hope of getting compensation. jury, after a short retirement, found a verdict for the defendants, and judgment as given accordingly.

"I DID IT IN SELF DEFENCE." I MA, CHARGED WITH MURDER OF A WOMAN. °?m™nced at Staffordshire of Edward ^8tioe Jelf) murder of Buth Hadley (25) °f tho with whom he wa« JnZ-'j yoari? woman living at Wolverhampton^ to have been was defended by Mr ^used. who prominent brewer'and wS^Lj1*11.- was a chant. Accused pleaded -Jlf an<,1 spirit mer- Mr. Sherwood, for the prisoner, who was a ,S8jd the Mr. Sherwood, for the prisoner, who was a ,S8jd the man, was married, havingseven V.ufyue6« but lived apart from his p.. jF ^ren, he lived with Hadley, until there w yeare estrangement Christmas EVe h^8 Hadley rejoined prisoner, and on' 29, both being alleged, to bo under the in*" < fluence of drink, Lawrence fetched a doctor v.hom he told he iiad shot. Hadley. The lai> v.hom he told he had shot. Hadley. The la ter died latA)' from bullet wounds. Or. Galbraith raid that when he went to the house accused was excited, and kept &aying, "I did it in gelf defence" The room was in a confused condition, and the tongs and crockery lay about. The case was adjourned.

.£500 FOR A "SHOCK." In the Kind's Bench on Tuesday a motor driver named Clark obtained a verdict for £ &00 damages for personal injuries against tiie "est Ham Corporation. "When riding asi a pas.enjrer on an electric car belonging to the corporation the plaintiff put his hand on a iVolley standard, which he said was not properly insulated, and he received a vio-1 Jf"t shock. Sir Victor Horaley gave evidence! ^that the plaintiff was suffering from derange-1 ment of the nervous system, and he had lost his licence a>s a motor driver. 11

MILLIONAIRE WHO VANISHED. STORY OF A SPANIARD'S WEALTH. An extraordinary story of money lent to a man who said he was a Spanish million- aire was told to Mr. Justice Lawrance and a special jury in the King's Bench Division on Friday, in an action brought by Mr. Lewis Teller, a money-lender, trading in Jermyn-street. The defendant was a Mrs. Beatrice Welch, who was sued for the return of certain goods and furniture, and damages for their detention. The title set up by plaintiff was an indenture dated July, 1908, on the strength of which money had been sent to Mr. Max George Penerand, the Million- aire." The defendant did not admit the indenture, which, she said, was obtained from her by fraud. Mr. Montagu Shearman, K.C., who appeared for the plaintiff Teller, said the jury would not have the pleasure of seeing Penerand, because nobody knew where he had gone. In June, 1908, said counsel, Penerand was introduced to plaintiff by a diamond mer- chant named Welby. Everybody believed the man to be well off, but he said he was in temporary difficulties, and asked for the loan of C200. The loan was made and re-paid. Othei transactions followed. The man said he had a large quantity of family jewels, and on some of these as much as jei.500 was lent. The trouble arose over a loan which had been made to enable him. to purchase the furniture a.t Mrs. Welch s flat in Queen's- gate. Plaintiff lent ±.1,150 on the furniture and £100 on the flat, which, however, turned out to be rack-rented. This money was to be re-paid by instalments, but the oheque for the first instalment was dishonoured. Pene- rand said he had money coming from Spain. The only asset which Mr. Penerand had left behind was his wire' and he seemed, remarked counsel, to have deceived many of the Hatton-gaarden people. Mr. Lewis Teller said when he first met the man Penerand the latter said he was living at Olaridge s, and his weekly bill came to £200, He also said he had telegraph to Spain asking them to send him over a diamond necklace worth about £ 2,500. The jury returned a verdict that the tran- saction between teller and Penerand bona fide, and they found no evidence of flnv collusion whatever.

"I LOVED HER Too MUCH." MARRIED MAN'S MESSAGE BEFORE SUICIDE. The dramatic suicide of Oliver William Bird, who suffocated himself with gas a.t jais house in Wick-lane, London, after writing, several letters, was inquired into on Wednes day. 8. The widow, Alice Mary Bird, told th coroner that she had been separated from her husband for four years. On Monda.y morning she received a letter from him asking her to come over at once, and that the wo ma.71 he had been living with had gone off with another man. Witness .said she went over and found her husband dead on the floor. Deceased was a sober man. The brother-in-law told how he sent for the police, and how they entered the house and were met by a volume of gae. All the jets of the gras stove were turned on, but were not alight. The next-door neighbour told the court that deceased spoke to her over the garden fence on Sunday afternoon, and said he did not feel well. Deceased looked very ill, and, knowing of his domestic trouble, witness told him to cheer up. He answered, how- ever: I can't: I loved her too much- I wished I could hate her as much as I loved her. Alice Ayres, a waitress, the woman with whom deceased had been living, went into the box. She was a slight young woman, dressed in black, and wearing spectacles. The Coroner: You have been living with deceased as his wife for about four years?— Yes. On Thursday evening you left him?—Yes, because he threatened to kill me so many times. He threatened to kill me that morn- ing, a.nd I was afraid of my life. Deceased had written several letters, including one which said:— By the time you get this I shall be no more. I don't want any silly verdict of "Insane." as I am as sane as you, only tired of life. I want you to have Miss Alice up as witness, as she alone is responsible for this. The Coroner said be saw no reason wh3 any more of the letter should be read. It was a long letter, making all rffanner of charges against the woman with whom he ha-d been living. The jury returned a veryJiot of "Sukade during temporary insanity."

KING ALPHONSO'S ESCAPE HIS MOTOR-CAR DASHES INTO A TREE. King Alphonso had a narrow escape from serious injury near ^e ~_j while motoring to Villamanriaue on Saturday. He was driving' the. car when the steering gear suddenly became unmanageable, and the car. swerving suddenly, dashed into a tree at the side of the road. King Alphonso, who showed marvellous coolness, put on the brakes immediately he realised that the car was out of control, so that tne impact was minimised. Had he delayed a second longer, the car would probably have been precipitated down a steep slope. Bombita. the famous matador, who was motoring over the same road, arrived a few minutes later, while King Alphonso and his attendants were trying' to repair the wrecked car. Bombita insisted on his Majesty pro- ceeding in his car. The news of the accident receded King Alphonso to Villamaurique.- and when his Majesty arrived there he was received with music and cheers. The mayor and ecclesias- tical authorities congratulated him on his escape. Queen Victoria Eugenie, who remained in Seville, was greatly al-armed when she heard of the King's miahap, until he sent her a re-assuring telegram.

MAIL TRAIN DELAYED. RAILWAY COLLISION AT CHEP- STOW STATION. Just about six o'clock on Wednesday morning an aocident occurred on the Great Western Railway at Chepstow. I but, happily, no one was injured. A goods train was being made up, and in picking up wagons was being shunted from the Wye Valley siding across the down main line on to the up line, when the six o'clock down goods train arrived. The driver, seeing there was something in the distance, applied the brake and slowed up, but his engine ran into the other train, which was beimg shunted across from the siding. Three or four laden trucks were knocked over. Efforts were at once commenced to clear the Lne. but the 6.20 South Wales mail was ietained at Chepstow till ten minutes to sight. The single line had afterwards to be worked until the up line could be cleared.

LADY CYCLISTS DAMAGES FOR INJURIES. At Kent Assizos on Monday Miss Florence Jeffery. of Folkestone, obtained 1215 damages against the Folkestone Corporation for serious injuries sustained through the alleged negligence of one of the corpora- tion's sen-ants. It was stated that while cycling plaintiff ran against a pieM of cord tied aoross the road, with the result that she was thrown to the ground aded sustained serious injuries. There was no notify indi- cating the presence of the ooi d, which, plain- tiff said, it was impossible to see.

END OF A £ 10,000 STATE TRIAL. 4 DINIZULU GUILTY ON TWO COUNTS. GREYTOWN, Wednesday. The trial of Dinizulu, the greatest State trial in the history of South Africa, was con- cluded this morning after a hearing lasting 70 days. The judges were engaged until mid- night preparing their judgment. Nearly 150 native witnesses were examined, and most of them have left for their homes. Dinizulu's retainers and relatives, however, remained to hear the judgment delivered. The court was crowded, the portion reserved for natives being guarded by police. Dinizulu, looking well, arrived shortly before ten. Mr. Justice Smith, in delivering judgment, reviewed Dinizulu's history since he returned from St. Helena. His Lordship said that the rumours which were current about Dinirolu prior to the rebellion resulted in Dinizulu requesting that an inquiry should be held, but this request, strangely enough, was not granted. The natives, undoubtedly, regarded Dinizulu as their paramount chief, although his nominal authority merely equalled that of the other chiefs^ The moet serious charge, in view erf the ensuing outbreak and the con- sequent loss of many lives, was to be found in the first portion of the indictment, and related to prisoner's alleged incitement of the natives to rebellion. Referring to the evidence of Bambaata's family, the Judge said that it varied in im. portant particulars, and, in view of the lack of corroboration, the court was unable to rely on the testimony. Reviewing the evidenoe, Mr. Justice Smith said that the testimony of Oakijana and Daniel was unbelievable, while that of Mabihi had to be accepted with great cau- tion. The Judge then sentenced Dinizulu to pay a fine of £100, or to undergo twelve months' imprisonment, for harbouring Baznbaata's family, and to undergo four years' imprison- ment for harbouring a number of rebels after the rebellion. The Judge ordered that the latter sentence should take effect from the date of prisoner's arreet, fifteen months ago. Dinizulu was found not guilty on the other charges. The fine was paid. The expenses of the Grown in connection with the trial approaoh XlOiOOO, while those of the defence are also said to have been very considerable. -Press Association Foreign Special. Dinizuln requested that a fine might be imposed instead of imprisonment. The Court declined to accede to the request. Dinizulu, who seemed quite at his ease during the delivery of judgment, left the court in charge of policemen, walked firmly to the entrance of the building, and Ita43 driven to the gaol.—Press Association Foreign Special.

SHOT IN THE HEAD. f THE DEATH OF A CARDIFF COMMISSION AGENT. The sad details of the death of Llew. Charles Thomas (36), the commission agent's I clerk, who shot himself with a miniature j rifle at his house in 11, Colum-plaoe, Cardiff, j on Monday night, were investigated by Mr. W. 1J. Yorath and a jury at the Law Courts, Cardiff, on Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. Thomas, the widow, who seemed deeply distressed, explained how the sa.d: M--nt occurred. Her husband had always Illlbn good to her, but had been in indifferent hlth for about twelve months, and had not. treated her very well since, whilst he W:lt¡ abrupt to the children. Lately he had noOt. been able to give her as much money as I THfe LATE MR. L. C. THOMAS. I — usual, owing to the household expenses being more. He kad been despondent, and oom- plained of Pltins in the head. On Monday the;! went to tl-le club for him, and he went! straight hOl\e with her. She was unlacing her boots, slle said, whilst her husband took out his gun a's she thought to get it ready for using tlle next day, a thing he had j done many times. "Suddenly," she said, "there was a report, and, lolk-ing round, I saw my poor husband staggering." lIe fell to the floor, nd she ran to a neighbour's house. The poor WOkan was here asked to identify the gun, and he did so with an expression of horror. Andrew TemPleton, of No. 9, Colum-place, said that Mrs. Thomas rushed in and said, "My husband shot himself." Witness found Thomas 111 a sitting position on the floor, still alive, witness ran for Dr. Josce- lyne. ) Inspector BU1\e related how he found Thomas, who di a.t 1.40 a.m. on Tuesday Deceased was qllilk- a respectable man. Pottert K-owland White, steward of the Bad- minton Club, said Thomas was a member of the' club and visit^j it every day. For the past three or fouy months he had com- plained to witness of terrible pains in his bead, a.nd he seeunvj depressed. He was one j of the beet-behaved members of the club. Albert Shirley, ONloyer of deceased, said that Thomas had n a clerk v,-itli him for about ten yearc. a in the last twelve months he had notiw^ „ difference in the deceased, and knew suffered from pains in t.he head. Financimy and otherwise all was well between tletn. Dr. E. W. Joscelyn\ sa,id that when he arrived about 1.0 a.m., Jhoma's was practically dying. There was a "rA^t-wound jn the roof of the mouth an tne %ft side, which went upwards and backwards through the base of the skull. The bullet had lodged in the brain. The cause of dILth was injury to the brain, and najmorrhaSe from a gunshot j wound, self-inflicted. A verdict of "Suicide during temporary insanity was returned- sympathy was expressed with the relati>og

AVALANCHE BLASTER. THIRTY-ONE OFFICER AND MEN MISSING. —* A detachment of 25 men £ jx DgjMrg Qf th. Austrian Army have bn overwhelmed by an avalanche near LaJrqul. The troopS have gone to render assistDTke. All railway trains are at a standstill in tlL a-(Hlnpl. pa(S,s and the Puster Valley.-Wv The Brooner Paas is on te main road between Venice and Innsbruck The Pustr Valley forms the main line of °^nimunication east to west between Lienz and Brcneck.

—T3*. RELEASE OF MRS. DESPARD ORDERED. The Christian Commonwealth" on WeQ- nesday received the following telegram from Mr. Snowden, M.P. Mr. Gladstone says Mrs. Despa^d to be. released immediately.

UNDER DEWI'S PATRONAGE. I DEWT SAT: Jawch. my gel j What is on you? Are you gone off your bead, or what is the matter? DAME WALES: Oh, n0, l^ewi bachan! But oome in, look you, an' let me tell you all about it. Indeed, now, you will be delighted, for I .Pr(rpanng for a National Pageant. I propose to represent in proper oosrfrumes, and out in the open air, look you, P36* lncidlents in my history. What do you think of that, Dewi ? DEWI SANT: Farno^Se^^famousJ^ I shall be there to gee it.

RUSSIAN SPY AND FUGITIVE- i AZEFF IN A LODGING-HOUSE IN LONDON. The Russian fugitive police spy and terrorist, Azeff, has arrived in London, and is staying in a lodging-house in ^ai}cras. Our London correspondent, wbP terviewed him on Saturday at the lodging-house, says there was no mistakviig Azefl. salt- a towering figure, head and shoulders above the miscellaneous assortment úf men who frequent a London lodr--ing.housO- He was talking earnestly to a companion, and the pair were sitting at one of the bare tables, with large mugs of tea before them. Azeff is now clean-shaven but for a little tuft of his once long black beard. One of the first impression was the incongruity of such a place for such a man. He was wearing a shabby, dark r?1 round his neck was a silk mu^er of the finest quality. His voice was Aeep and melo- dious, and he kept perfect ooDlDlan Of un- self. «- "I am not the man you want. Azetr re- marked when I spoke to him- 1 am quite a different man, and no relation to spy. "But I recognise you easily- n°^ remember me meeting you a mcat" -go and acknowledging you were Azeff?" He gave a start. what if I am?" he remarked sul- lenly, and then, by dint of much questioning, he was induced to answer the queries put to him, although with mlach reluctance. CZAR'S LIFE WAS SAVED. The substance of his statement is as foUnws I joined the revolutionary party, but not as a Socialist, merely for the sake of sport or the love of adventure. Lnfortn- natcly,. however, I becamo entangltd with the police and with the hpsid of the secret police Since then I have betrayed my friends ana I have also been accused )f betraying my principles, which is wrong, for [ never had any." "Some people have tried to minimise my terrorist deeds, but I glory in them. They are the great achievements of my life. Ever since 1897 I have played an important part 11 the organisation of social revolution, and I have been responsible br nearly all the bomb attempts since that time. It was my doing that sent Plehrc, Sergius, Gapon, and many others to their groves. "I also am responsible for nearly every attempt of the fighting orgaiiisation. True enough, Guerthoumi was my superior in the first attempts, but I hated him, and betrayed him to the police. As a. result he contracted consumption in Siberia, and died of it in Switzerland. As regards my police work, I can show as proud a record as in my ter- rorist work. While I caused the death of some officials. I have paved the lives of hundreds by warning the police in time. On three occasions the revolt.tionists would have murdered the Czar, twice at Tsarkoe Se!o and once at Reval. They would nave succeeded had it not been for my interference." "BETRAYED MY FRIENDS." "As one of the chief confidants erf tho party, I kept the plots to myself, organised them myself, and pioked my own toois, usually people for whom 1 had no sympathy. When the time for action arrived, I informed my master, Ratchkovsky, who ever kept a vigilant eye on me, and the Czar was saved Ratchkovsky posiesised a callousness whica I would never have dreamt possible. On one occasion he ordered me to impli- cate in a plot his very own child. After vain remonstrances I bad to obey, and I made her a party to the second attempT upon Admiral Dubassoff at Moscow. The girl has since died in Siberia from consumption." Azeff will remain in hiding in London.

1 ATTACK WITH AN AXE. WIFE SERIOUSLY INJURED, HUS- BAND'S SUICIDE. A terrible axe tragedy occurred at Richmond on Tuesday, when a man named Hawkins attacked his wife at their home with an axe, and then cut his own throat with a razor. rhe man died before he could receive medical attention, but the woman is still alive in Richmond Hospital. She was terribly injured, however, about the head an neck, and her life is despaired of. The woman was Hawkins's second wife, and is about 35 years of age. She came home from work about ten o'clock on Tuesday. Immediately she entered the room her hus- band, who was about 55 years old. closed the 3oor. Neighbours heard quarreling, which went on for some time, and then all wam ijuiet. With RtartIing suddenness the woman same rushing through the street door with blood streaming from her head and throat. [n attempting to descend the steps to the street she fell, and remained lying uncon- ?cious. A doctor was called, and found that 3hccking injuries had been inflicted on the woman with a small axe. Upstairs in the room of the tragedy there was a horrifying scene. The man was lying on the floor in a pool of blood, with his throat terribly gashed. He expired in a few minutes. The ceiline; and walls of the room were covered with blood. The man had been out of regular employment, and all the work he had done for some time were odd jobs as a bailiff's man.

NEPHEW OF THE LATE LORD BURTON DEAD. Mr. Bojrer Baas, nephew of the late Lord Burton, died on Tuesday at Buxton, where he had been staying since October. His health had not been satisfactory since he attended his uncle's funeraJ, and last week he cauight a cold. Mr. Base was 54 years of I age.

GHASTLY SCENES AT A CARNIVAL. ROYAL ASSASSINATIONS f BURLESQUED. I PARIS, Saturday. The anniversary of the assassination of King Carlos and the Crown Prince, owing to the stringent precautionary measures taken by the Government throughout Portugal, passed off quietly, but according to private advices received here from Lisbon the j carnival was made the occasion of shameful masquerades and disloyal demonstrations, which led to serious conflict between police and populace in that city, attended by blood- shed and wholesale arrests. Under cover of Shrove Tuesday festivities, mock processions were organised representing with ghastly realism incidents in the tragedy and subsequent State funeral of the King and Crown Prince. Revellers Grere made up as King Carlos, Prince Luiz, Queen Amelia, and Prince Manuel, while others represented the regicides Costa and Burca. All were attired similarly to the actual personages j on the fatal day. on the fatal day. ) The masqueraders repeatedly re-enacted in different quarters of the city scenes and incidents of the assassination, while other Parties, with coffins containing skeletons, supposed to represent the murdered King and Crown Prince, formed a mock funeral Procession, chanting blasphemous songs and simulating in ribald fashion the Royal oosequies. The police were taken by surprise, and when they attempted to stop these scandalous Proceeaings the mob sided with the masqUeraders and met the police with volleys of stones. Women aided the rioters by encouraging them and throwing missiles OEa windows. The police used their revolvers and swords freely, and changed the mob, making, as already vaguely reported in the press, some two hundred arrests. A paric ensued. The police were unable to cope with the rioters, and troops were called out. The streets were flually cleared.. The affair has created an extremely Painful impression.—Beuter.

MAN'S STRANGE LETTER TO A WAITRESS. A strange letter, written in Brixton Prison to a waitress named Annie Leverley (33), charged at the Old Bailey on Wednesday with robbing her employer, wae read in court The letter was from a man named Cleverley. with whom she had been living, and ran:- From your hubby Edward.—My dear Atinie,—What you say in my caee I may get off. You can do it, and if <o be then I can help you by being a witrem. Y6u can call upon me to defend' you. If this blows over I will get another house and some sticks, and get ouT two boya out of that rotten place your mother put thein -.Tn. God bless you. and bring you o" of this awful calamity into a better aaJT more cheerful life, if not with me then."with someone else. Prisoner was sentenced to six mo

COUPT-MARTIAL ON NAVAL COMMANDER. A court-martial was held on the Acheron in Chatham Dockyard on Tuesday for the trial of Commander Robert Stanley Watkin Williams, of the tender Seal, for not report- ing the grounding of his vessel at sea, for making false and misleading entries in the rough log of the ship, and for making impro- per alterations in the fair log after the vessel had been placed in dock. It was dis- covered when the Seal was placed in dock tha.t her propeller shaft was slightly bent. Prisoner admitted neglect, but stated he thought no damage had been done to the vessel. Wh-en he discovered it he voluntarily reported the circumstances of the grounding. The Court found the three charges proved. a.nd ordered him to be severely reprimanded and dismissed hie ship.

PRIEST PLUCKS OUT HIS EYES At an inquest on Friday on a Roman Catholic priest who died at Roehampton Priory on Tuesday the jury found that the deceased, being mad. plucked out his eyes. The Coron -r. explained that, probably, he only intended to blind himself, and not to take his life. It was extremely important that the jury should not say that the deceased had billed himself.

TENEMENT FIRE VICTIMS. Ten persons perished early on Wednesday in a fire which broke out in a five-storey tenement building in New York. The poKoe t and firemen rescued many by ladders and by crawling along the window-ledge of an adjoining structure The victims were all Italians, with the exception of one French* —a-id one Frenchwoman.

HUSBAND'S PATIENT. I DECREE AGAINST A DOCTOR'S WIFE. Dr. Walter Andrew Bowing, residing at Hove, has been gvanted a decree nisi ln the Divorce Court on the ground of the misconduct of his wife, Blanche, with Mr. Kenneth Templeton Gerard Parsons, for- merly one of the doctor's patients. The marriage took place in 13S5, and Dr. and Mrs. Bowring resided at Snrbiton, where they lived happily for some years. In 1907 p Dr. Bowring, it was stated, obtained an appointment at the Sussex County Hospital, which involved a great amount of work keep- ing him from home. On September 20, 1907, Mrs. Bowring told her husband her affection had gone from him to another, and that she intended to go away and take up nursing, She left home, and the doctor was unable to discover where she was, though com- muiiieated with her through an address she gave. He requested her return, but F-he, refused, a.nd in November, 1908, she wrote to him aer fellows from an address in Oxford- shire;— j Daar Walter,—As I am feeling well enough to explain matters, I am writing to tell you that had you offered me help some months earlier you would have been spared the pain of what I a.m going to tell you. ) As you foretold, my heart could not stand the strain of work, and I was compelled to take the only course left to me. I am now i living with Sonny. I am writing to ask you to do the only kindness possible, and divorce me as speedily and as quietly as Possible. I hope that without me yottr future may j be brighter, and I am exceedingly unhappy 1 for the unbappiness I have brought into your life.-Da"y. The co-respondent also wrote:- I am writing to beg of you for her sake to divorce her as soon as possible, so that I can give her the legal protection of my name. Evidence was called as to the wife and the co-respondent living together at Islip, Oxon, a.nd a decree nisi with costs and cus- tody of the child was granted. I' •

RAID AT A FRENCH CAFE. ENGLISHMAN ARRESTED WITH PASTE JEWELLERY. At Westminster on Monday Alfred Gorman was remanded in custody charged with unlawful possession of various gold orna- ments set with imitation stones. Prisoner, who gave an address in London, was arrested I' by Chief-inspector 2,1'Carthy on the arrival of the Continental train at Yictoria on Saturday night, the French police having wired that accused W[1 associated with a baron known as the chief of a band of international sharpers. He told Gorman the FTench police wanted him for possession of jewellery valued at LZOW, said to have been stolen. Prisoner produced some jewellery, and said the French police were mistaken- the jewellery was paste. He went to Lyons with a man named Humberstone to dispose of it. 'They were conducted by the baron to a cafe, where they were introduced to the proprietor as two smart English burglars. He was trying to sell the stuff for £ 300, when the pcdice raided the cafe. The Frenchman used his revolver, and was arrested, together with Humberstone. Be. however, managed I to get away. The jewellery was not stolen, bat was made up to sell. I

THE SCOTTISH BYL- ELECTIONS. ■ ♦ CENTRAL GLASGOW WON BY UNIONISTS. I By a large majority Mr. Soott Dickson, K.C., the Unionist candidate, has won the Central Glasgow seat from the Liberals, I represented by Mr. T. Gibson Bowles. The result of the poll declared on Tuesday night was-- Mr. Scott Dickson, K.C. (Unionist) 7,296 Mr. Gibson Bowles (Radical) 5,185 ] Unionist majority 2,113 Tbe result of the last election, which took place in 1906, was Sir A. M. Torrance (Liberal) 6,720 Mr. J. G. A. Baird (Unionist) 6,289 Liberal majority 431 Liberal majority. 431 Although the total poll on Tuesday was 526 below that of 1906, the Unionist candidate has polled 1,009 more votes than on that occasion, and the Liberal 1,535 fewer. The result of the poll was declared amid scenes of great excitement and enthusiasm, the victory being the climax to a campaign that has been most keenly contested by both parties. This is the first Scottish seat won by the Unionists from the Liberals since the general election. THE NEW M.P. The Right Hon. Charles Scott Dickson, K.C., has already had considerable political expe- rienee." He was Solictor-General for Scotland from 1996 to 1903. and from the latter year to 1906 held the office of Lord Advocate. He represented the Bridgetou Division of Glasgow in Parliament from 1900 to 1906., PREVIOUS ELECTIONS. Results of previous ejection; were: — 1936. 1395. Mr A. M. Torrance Lieut.-col. J. G. A. (E.) €.720 Baird (IT.) 5^ji Lieut.-col. J. G. A- ldr. Adam (R.) Baird <U.) 6,233 U. majority 1.82S I R. majority. 43: 1S92. BOO. J. G. A. Lieut.-col. J. G. A. Baird Baird (17.) 6,121 1 returned unopposed. Mr. W. Manzies (R.) 5,245 U. -jority 876

FOKFAKSHIKE. The result of the Forfarshire election was declared on Monday as follows:— Mr. J. Falconer (Radical) 6,422 Mr. R. L. B'.aokbmrn (Unionist) 3,77d Radical majority 2,452 Radical majority 2,452 PREVIOUS ELECTIONS. The following are the figures in recoct11 elections:— lSirr (bye-election). Bijrht Eon. J. S'-n- Bight Hon. J. Sin- clair (P..) 6,79&j claix <R.) 5,425 Mr. J. M. Bernard Hon. c. M. Kamsay ;>27? (L\) 4,965 B. majority. 3, 51 R majcrity 459 1900.. 1M6. Eight Hon. J. Sin- Mr. M. White (R.).. 5,153 cl&ir (R.) 4,962 Hon. c. M. Ramsay Hon. C. M. Rainsay (0.) 4 713 (P.) 4,714 R. majority 441 R. majority — 242

A LADY CALLER. WANTED THE ADDRESS OF MIL DOUGLAS STIRLING. DOUGLAS STIRLING. A tall young lady, fashionably dreased, was charged at Westminster Court on Moit- day with persistently annoying Mr. J. A. Stirling, brother of Mr. Douglas Stirling, at Chesh am-street. London, on Saturday night, and early Sunday morning. The accused gave her name as Elsie Stir- ling. ol Chelsea Mr. Wilson, for the prosecution, said the [prisoner rang Mr. Stirling's bell for three- quarters of an hour. Everything possible was done to persuade her to go away but at last the police had to take her iDto' cus- tody. The police-constable who arrested the accused said in cross-examination that she demanded the address of Mr. Douglas Stir- ling. She said she did not want the police to know everything about her and Mr. Doug- las Stirling. = t f;or the accused said she went to the house for Mr. Douglas Stirling's address, -which was denied he- Mr. John Alexander Stirling deposed that *-1" i t kS/e^h." the name Of Stirling. She had ^TJese 5 house before. neve- bw n that tlle prisoner had said he vn as Mrs- Stirling, witness name so t\r* "1° ?UCil 611but her Th^' aS he knew- wa«s El^e Welford. The iciL-or for the defendant said Mr. ■)■>> «- stlrilnS6 absence from the lady, 1D a state of health, had much trouble. She told the pro- 6ecutor she had been ill in consequence of not hearing from his brother. i-. i?lagictrate bound her over in £ 20 to K«ep the pea-oe for six months.

NOTED ACTOR'S DEATH. The death occurred at the Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, on Tuesday of Mr. Georee R. Weir, an actor of great ability and genius, who for about a quarter of a century had bsen associated with the well-known Shakcpearean combination of Mr. F r Benscn. The deceased was f;6 years of age and & native of Glasgow.

AN ADVENTURER'S DEATH. + STARTLING AFFAIR AT THE SAVOY HOTEL. An inquest was held at Westminster on Wednesday on a man who described himself at Dr. A. M. Pullman, of Chi- cago, and who committed suicide at the Savoy Hotel on Tuesday after a, struggle with a diamond merchant's assis- tant. Evidence was given that the deceased engaged a suite of rooms, and afterwards went to Messrs. Rood and Co., diamond mer- chants, Burlington Arcade, and asked to see some diamond rings. An excitinflatory was told by Mr. Harry Perton, assistant manager to Messrs. Rood. He said that when deceased called at the shop he said he wished to see some of the best tiiree-stone diamond rings. He was shorn a selection from the window, and, remarking that he wanted to make a present to his wife, he approved of four and a, diamond necklace. The deoeased gave t-he name of Dr. Pullman, and the numbers of his rooms at the hotel. The total value of the goods was £ 1,975. When I got to the hotel." added the witness, I asked if they knew him. They said they did not, but that he had engaged a suite of rooms at one otlocl,, and looked all right 1 was then taken up by the page- boy toO the deceased man's rooms. The boy knocked, and Dr. Pullman' said, Come in.' I went in, and noticed that he was wearing a brown lounge suit." After the page-boy had gone deceased went into an a-djoining room and pretended to carry on a conversation with somebody. Wit- ness then produced all the articles, and he remarked that they looked better than they did in the shop, adding. "I will just take them to my wife in the next room," Witness told him it was unusual, but he allowed him to take the five rings. Witness showed him one ring, which he said was £ 134, and the deceased said, I will just show it to the wife." At the same moment he took the diamond neckiaoe with him. He went into the adjoining room and closed the door. Becoming suspicious, witness kept hie eye on the corridor, and saw the man come steathily out of the room, wea-ring an overcoat and a. cloth cap. Witness closed with him and they fell into the room. Witness threatened to smash his face in, and after a tussle got some of the jewellery back. The deceased man said, Let me go," and witness replied, I'll see you firet." When they got down- stairs the deceased drew a razor out of tig pocket and cut his throat in front of the fireplace. Witness went for assistance, and when he returned he saw the deceased slipping into I a bedroom. He closed the door with a bang, and when the room was entered he could see by the trail of blood that the deceased had got through the window on to the balcony, and from there had descended an iron fire- esoape. They found the deceased in a very exhausted condition, dying. When he emerged from the room m a cap and saw witness he called out, "Call a maid; call a maid; my wife is ill." W itness replied, "Yes, I will give you 'maid. The deoeaeed had a distinct American accent, which did not appear to be assumed. The Coroner read a translation of a letter in German, evidently written in reply to one from the dead man. It suggested that the writer had had a-n offer from the deceased to do business which might have involved unpleasant consequences. One significant phrdfte was, One or two appearances ill courts of justice would not matter." The jury returned a verdict of "Felo de ee."

BALKANS CRISIS. 4 ALARMING HEPOHT THAT IS UNFOUNDED. Reuter's Ageicy is officially informed that the Servian Gj"ernment, so far from having declined to fo .ow the advice of the Powers as suggested j a Belgrade telegram to Vienna, has rithdrawn her demand for territorial concessions. The Belgrade telegram referred to was sent by Reuter's Vienna correspondent. It stated that the Servian Ministers had met in Council, under the presidency of the King, and unanimously resolved to reply to the Powers that Servia could not abandon the de-man-ds contained in the Skupstina resolu- tion already known, and to add that, while Servia still relied on Europe's sense of jus- tic-e. she could not wit-bdraw her territorial demands, nor her demanHs for the autonomy of Bosnia. BELGRADE, Wednesday. M. Sergieff, Russian Minister, yesterday made friendly representations to the Servian Government advising the withdrawal of Scrvia's claim for territorial compensation. He was supported by Ministers of the other Powers. At a special Cabinet Meeting yesterday, pre- sided over by King Peter, a reply was framed which, according to trustworthy information from diplomatic sources, was to be delivered to M. 4eTgiciT -Reuter.